Filing-folder.



C. l. WAGNER.

FILING FOLDER APPLICATION FlLED MAR.19, 1913.

1,175,209. Patented Mar. 14,1916.

onnsrnn I. WAGNER, or DAYTON, onfo. I

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHESTER a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State-of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Filing-Folder, of which the following is a specification. r

My invention relates to means for securingcorrespondence or other papers in filing folders, and among its objects are the following :Firstto provide a holder on which papers may be hooked with practi-" cally the same facility as they; are-hung on the ordinary pin file. Secondto provide a holdersuch that the papers may bedivided at any point, the top ones thrown over the top of the folder, entirely exposingthe next paper and permitting its removal from the folder, if desired. Third -to make the holder so that the space it occupies between the wings of the folder will be substantially proportioned to the numberbf papers the folder contains. The advantages derived from these features, and other advantages, will become manifestas I proceed with'the description. 7

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows a portion-of a folder equipped with my improved holder. Figs. 2, 3 and show steps in the operation of putting a paper on the'holder. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the manner of manipulating a paper in carrying itacross the opening. Figs. 7 and 8' show a modified construction ofthe ring. Fig. 9

shows 'anothermodification. Figs. 10 and 11 each-show a construction in which the rings are connected by a link. Fig. '12 is a detail illustrating the manner of constructing the rings shown in Figs. 1 to 6, and Fig. 13 shows a modified construction for the ring. I I

Similar numerals refer to similar'parts throughout the several views.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 1, 25

is an ordinary paper filing folderordinary in thesense that it may be made any desired size and of any of the materials usually employed for such purposes. At the top of one wing of the folder the paper holders, the rings 26, are flexibly mounted or carried by strips of metal 27. Each strip is formed around the body of the ring, one end of thestrip is then passed through a I. VVA NER;

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slit 'in the folder and itsends riveted to portion of the other is extended and the- UNITED sTATEsPATEfiT FFIGE Specification of Letters Patent. at t d M 14,'191 Applieation filed March 19, 1913. Serial No. 755,299. r

two strips are united by the rivet 29. An

aperture 30 is made in the part of each strip which encircles the ring, through which the tongue 31 of the ring passes, one edge 'of each aperture,the one at the right of the rings in Fig. lbeingso situated that it acts as a stop toprevent the ring swinging be yond a certain point inthatdirection. Th opposlte edge is cutaway'to allow 'mov ment of the tongue. See Fig. 12.v It will" I be noted that the stops act upon the same side of each ring and prevent: the rings swinging past a position perpendicular to the folder. From this positionthe rings may swing or fall over and lie fiat against the folder. 1 r

In Figs. 2, 3 and 1, 35 represents a sheet of-Qpaper being hung on a ring, the paper having been previously perforated at 36;

The edge of the paper is inserted between the overlapping juxtaposed ends 37 and 38, the ends being separated by asufiicient space to admit the paperfreely. Fig. 2 shows the end 37 about to enter the hole 36 in the paper; Fig. 3 shows the paper about to pass ried back and forth in thesame manner,-

and if desired, a particular one may be removed from the folder without removing those above it. All that is necessary is to throw the papers above the one, wanted over the top of the folder. The next paper can be removed by drawing it outward and toward the top of the folder;

The rings shown in-Figs. 1 to 6 and in" Fig. 12are'made of a single piece of wire doubled back upon itself so as to bring the ends of the wire opposite the opening, where they are bent inward to form the tongue 31.

Fig. 8 shows a ring inwhich the ends of.

the same reason, and in Fig. 9 the offset is omitted in the end 37. This ring is also different from the others in that the lower portion is rectangular.

Fig. 10 shows a method of connecting the rings so they will move in unison, the link '40 being connected to the members 41.

When so arranged the cooperation of the aperture 30.,and tongue is not necessary, the ends of the link engaging the strap 27. and

limiting the movement of the rings.- In Fig.-

11 the member 42, though constructed differently, serves the same .purposeas member llin Figs. 8, 9 and .13. Connecting the rings by the link has two objects, both of which, however, are capable of attainment by other means. The first of these is that,

assumingthe folder, lieson atable or the like, the weight of the link tends to keep the rings in their upright positions while papers are being filed, and, second, it insures the links being the correct distance apart, thereby facilitating the filing operation. After a number of papers have been filed the papers themselves perform practically the same function as the link. Arranging the rings to fall away from the fold of the folder renders their action substantially automatic, at least in one direction, and it is obvious that the angle of the rings; 2'. 6., the amount of space they will occupy when the folder is closed will be approximately proportional to the number of papers the folder contains.

l/Vhile, the use of filing folders is increaseffective means of holding papers in the.

folders has always been and is now regarded as a defect in the system, and holder is designed to supply this deficiency. But its sphere of usefulness is not confined to folders, since it may be used to hold papers in binders as well. For this and other uses minor modifications may be made without departing from the substance or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim is as follows l. A paper holder comprisinga ring made of a single piece of wire havingjuxtaposed but separated overlapping ends, said ends having rounded contours to avoid abrading or puncturing the paper.

2. A paper holder comprising a ring made of a piece of wire which is longer than the circumference of the ring, the excess wire being made to overlap a portion of the ring; said overlapping portion being concentric to but separated from the part it over-laps by a substantial distance, and of. the same sizeand form as the remalnder of:

the wire.

3. A paper holder comprising a wire'ring havingjuxtaposed but separated overlap- 1n ends" oneof said ends bein ofiset to permit of its lying outside of the other end. 4. Afpaper holder comprising a ring made 7 of a piece of Wire which is longer than the circumference of the ring, the excess wire being made to form a portion of a ringvof 1 larger diameter than the first, said por: tion being outside of- .and concentric to the first ring but separatedtherefrom by a sub' stantial space.

5. A paper holder comprising a ring made of a piece of wire which 'is-longer than the circumference of the ring, the. excesswire being made to form a. portion of a ring ,of larger diameter than the first, said portion ring but separated therefrom by a substantial space, the concentric portion of the wire being of the same size and form as therew mainder thereof.

6. A-filing folder having two paper hold-z ers, each being a ring having an iopening j for the reception of papers, said openings extremity of said movement beingperpendicular to the folder, the movement 0f the rings from said perpendicular position :being in the same direction.

being outsideof and concentric to the first 1 7 In a file the combination of a folder, aring having an opening for the reception of papers and having a tongue approxir mately opposite the opening, and a strlp of sheet metal bent around the body of the ring, the strip having an aperture through which the tongue passes, one end of the strlp being passed through a slit in thefolder and its ends riveted together with the folder interposed, the tongue cooperating, with one-side of the aperture to prevent the ring moving in one direction beyond a position perpendicular to the folder. c

8. A file comprising a folder having two wire rings, eachihavingjuxtaposed but sepa+ rated overlapping ends, said rings being flexibly mounted upon the folder, and means for limiting the movement of each ring. to

approximately ninety degrees, onecextremity of'said movement being, perpendicular to the folder, themovement of both rings from said perpendicular position being, in the same direction.

9AA file comprising afolder having. two wire rings, each having juxtaposed but separated overlapping ends, said rings being flexibly mounted upon the folder, thereby permitting them. to assume a position ;per-.

pendicular to the folder or to fall overtoward the folder, and means whereby the rings can fall only one way from the perpendicular position, both rings falling 1n the same direction.

10. A file comprising a folder having two wire rings, each having an opening for the reception of papers, said rings being flexibly mounted upon one wing of the folder, and means whereby when the rings swing in their mountings they are made to move in unison.

11. A file comprising a folder having two wire rings, each having an opening for the reception of papers, said rings'being flexibly mounted upon one wing of the folder, means whereby when the links move in their mountings they are made to move in unison,

and means for limiting the movement of the rings to approximately ninety degrees.

12. A file comprising a holder having two wire rings, each having juxtaposed but sepav rated overlapping ends and a projecting tongue, said rings being flexibly mounted Copies of this patent may be obtained for 7 made to move in unison.

a permanent opening for the reception of papers, the rings being flexibly mounted in the folder by means which limits their,

movement to approximately ninety degrees, one extremity of the movement being approximately perpendicular to the folder; means whereby the movement of both rings from said perpendicular position is in the" same direction, and means for keeping tne openings'm the rings 111 a fixed position with reference to, preferably opposite, their points of attachment to the folder.

CHESTER I. WAGNER.

Witnesses: V

- F. K. FASSETT, C; H. KRUGER,

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner 01' Patents. Washington, I). G. v 

